Judge Upholds Injunction on Swan Valley Timber Sale

A federal judge has refused to lift an injunction on a logging project near Lindbergh Lake in the Swan Valley, siding with a coalition of environmental groups that argued the U.S. Forest Service skirted the public involvement process.

In June 2013, conservation groups Swan View Coalition, Friends of the Wild Swan, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, and Native Ecosystems Council sued to halt the project, challenging the proposed logging on 1,405 acres of forest and construction of nearly six miles of temporary road in lynx, grizzly bear, fisher, and bull trout habitat.